Fire alarm investigated at Pearl Street multi-division building, La Crosse WI

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/8/2025 02:46 PM

Pearl St, La Crosse, WI 54601

Fire crews responded to a possible alarm at a building on Pearl Street in La Crosse. They searched the second and third floors but found no detectors, only strobe lights. No active fire was found and no source for the alarm activation was identified. The investigation cleared the building with no fire detected.

Audio|Source: La Crosse City Fire - Digital

02:32

Transcript:

00:00

Command from Engine One.

00:02

I think we need to get eyes on the roof.

00:04

I'm not able to see where that's coming from.

00:11

Copy.

00:12

Do you have good access from the interior or do we need someone to ladder it?

00:21

Rescue 1 could advise otherwise we could set an aerial up on Pearl here.

00:27

Copy, break.

00:29

Rescue 1 command?

00:31

Rescue 1 go.

00:38

What's interior access to the roof division look like?

00:46

We've walked the third floor, did not see any access to the roof.

00:50

We're going to the second floor.

00:51

There's an Airbnb here.

00:53

We're looking for a locking detector.

00:55

Copy. All clear on Division 3.

00:58

Affirmative, all clear Division 3.

01:03

Copy. Break.

01:04

Engine 1 command.

01:07

Go ahead.

01:11

We'll wait for a Division 2 report from Rescue 1 to get roof access.

01:17

Yeah.

01:23

And Rescue 1.

01:25

Go ahead.

01:28

Division 2 is all clear.

01:35

All clear and nothing that triggered it.

01:37

Is that correct?

01:40

Go again with your traffic?

01:47

All clear Division 2 and nothing that indicated a triggered alarm.

01:52

Is that correct?

01:57

Correct. There are no detectors on the second or third floor.

02:01

There's only one strobe.

02:04

Copy. Copy.

02:06

Break, Engine 1, command?

02:09

Go ahead.

02:11

Did you copy Rescue 1's traffic?

02:14

Negative.

02:19

Said there are no detectors on Division 2 or 3,

02:24

just strobes.

02:26

So it sounds like the only detectors involved would be on Division 1.

02:32

Copy.

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